Wanted: Dead or alive—ways of using problem-structuring methods in community or

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-108

  Taket, A ^a   White, L ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action methods; Community OR; Group decision making; Issue structuring methods; Philosophy of OR; Poststructuralism; Practice of OR; Problem structuring methods; Process of OR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001802347     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.1997.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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